The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

These are the shortlisted books:

Boulder by Eva Baltasar translated by Julia Sanches (And Other Stories), Caralan/Spain
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan translated by Chi-Young Kim (Europa Editions), Korean/South Korea
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé translated by Richard Philcox (World Editions), French./Guadaloupe
Standing Heavy by GauZ' translated by Frank Wynne (Quercus Publishing), French/Cote d'Ivoire
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov translated by Angela Rodel (Orion Publishing), Bulgarian/Bulgaria
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel translated by Rosalind Harvey (Fitzcarraldo Editions), Spanish/Mexico

Shortlist rankings only

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, 2.19, 1.50, 16, 5, 0.74
2, Boulder by Eva Baltasar, 2.44, 1.84, 16, 3, 0.84
3, Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, 2.53, 1.91, 15, 4, 0.88
4, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 3.08, 2.35, 13, 4, 1.06
5, The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, 4.20, 3.47, 10, 0, 1.11
6, Standing Heavy by GauZ', 4.73, 4.28, 11, 0, 1.38

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, 2.19, 25, 16, 5
2, Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, 2.53, 17, 15, 4
3, Boulder by Eva Baltasar, 2.44, 13, 16, 3
4, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 3.08, 3, 13, 4
5, The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, 4.20, -22, 10, 0
6, Standing Heavy by GauZ', 4.73, -36, 11, 0

Including longlist rankings carried forward

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, 2.00, 1.34, 19, 8, 0.74
2, Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, 2.30, 1.92, 20, 7, 0.99
3, Boulder by Eva Baltasar, 2.35, 1.94, 20, 3, 0.96
4, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 3.14, 2.40, 14, 4, 1.10
5, The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, 4.33, 3.70, 12, 0, 1.28
6, Standing Heavy by GauZ', 4.50, 4.20, 14, 0, 1.50

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, 2.00, 33, 19, 8
2, Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, 2.30, 21, 20, 7
3, Boulder by Eva Baltasar, 2.35, 16, 20, 3
4, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 3.14, 2, 14, 4
5, The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, 4.33, -30, 12, 0
6, Standing Heavy by GauZ', 4.50, -42, 14, 0

1 Still Born
2 Time Shelter
3 Boulder
4 The Gospel According to the New World
5 Standing Heavy
6 Whale

1. Boulder
2. Whale
3. Still Born
4. Time Shelter
5. Standing Heavy

1.Time Shelter
2. Still Born
3. Whale
4. Standing Heavy
5. Boulder
6. Gospel

1 Time Shelter – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Still Born – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Standing Heavy – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

None of the others appeal so I will not read

1.
2.
3. Time Shelter (4 stars)
4. Still Born (3 stars)
5.
6.

1. Whale
2. Boulder
3. Time Shelter

1. Boulder
2. Still Born
3. The Gospel According to the New World
4. Time Shelter
5. Whale

1. Still Born
2. Boulder

then a large gap and

Whale

1. Still Life
2. Boulder
3. Time Shelter
4. The Gospel According to the New World
5.Standing Heavy

1. Boulder
2. The Gospel According to the New World
3. Still Born
4. Whale

1. Still Born
2. Boulder

... and I'm done with this shortlist.

1. Still Born
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. The Gospel According to the New World

2. Whale
3. Boulder
4. Time Shelter

1. Whale
2. Boulder
3. Time Shelter
4. The Gospel According to the New World
5. Still Born
6. Standing Heavy

Roman Clodia wrote: "1. Still Born
2. Boulder

... and I'm done with this shortlist."

idem

1. Still Born
2. Time Shelter
3. Boulder
4. The Gospel According to the New World
5. Standing Heavy

1. Whale
2. Still Born
3. Time Shelter
4. Standing Heavy
5. Boulder
6. The Gospel According to the New World

1. Time Shelter (9/10, my review)
2. Still Born (9/10)
3. Boulder (7/10, my review)
4. Whale (current read)
5. Standing Heavy
6. The Gospel

1. Time Shelter
2. Boulder
3. Still Born
4. Whale
5. Standing Heavy
6. The Gospel According to the New World

1. Whale
2. Still Born
3. Time Shelter
4. Boulder
5. Standing Heavy